Ohio VFW group bans all televised Cleveland Browns games from post over national anthem protest

(INTELLIHUB) — An Ohio-based veterans group vows to ban all Cleveland Browns games from being televised at its post after more than a dozen of the team’s players took a knee during the national anthem at Monday’s game against the New York Giants to protest violence that occurred at a Charlottsville rally on Aug. 12.

Members of the Strongsville Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3345 headquarters feel that the Browns are a ‘disgrace’ and have decided to not televise any more games until the team issues an apology.

Tim Zvoncheck, commander of the Strongsville VFW group issued a strong statement on Facebook Wednesday night explaining how U.S. vets won’t stand for the shenanigans.

“So tonight, I asked the membership of my post, VFW 3345, what they thought of the Cleveland Browns players kneeling during the National Anthem and the coaching staff backing their decision,” the commander wrote. “Just as I suspected, the “boos” nearly tore the roof off. Effective immediately, VFW Post 3345 will no longer televise any Cleveland Browns games! We will NEVER support any person or organization who disgraces the flag or the anthem that we fought for and so many or our brothers and sisters have died for!”

To add to the group’s statement members also rearranged the letters on their billboard sign out front of the post to read: “We like our Brows — we love our flag more. Your games will no longer be shown here. God bless America!”

Similar protests continued to plague the NFL this week when Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett sat out the national anthem for his third time at Friday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs to protest racial inequality.

“I just want to see people have the equality that they deserve, and I want to use this platform to continuously push the message of that. It’s more about being a human being at this point,” Bennett told the press just after this year’s first preseason game in L.A.